In Need of Your Prayers and Patience

In Need of Your Prayers and Patience
Author: Mary Lou Shea
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 734
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1498223877

The Church of the Nazarene embraces American attachments to democratic rule, individual initiative, efficiency, and a strong sense of responsibility as "a city on a hill." It is also present in more than 150 world areas. These attributes are reflected in the astounding story of one of the founders of the denomination, H. F. Reynolds, who has been long hidden in the shadow of his early colleague, Phineas Bresee. While the church points to Bresee as its founding father, Reynolds lived and served for an additional two decades following Bresee's death, shaping the role of the General Superintendency, clarifying and expanding the church's Manual to meet the needs of the growing denomination, and establishing mission policies and practices that took it from a US church to a global presence. Reynolds maintained a lively devotion to Christ as he survived train wrecks, war, dread disease, and the sheer volume of meetings, correspondence, and explosive scandal that came with the nurturing of a new church. His vision and methods have profoundly influenced a denomination that does not know his name. This volume is designed to make the introduction.

Importance of Patience and Prayer

Importance of Patience and Prayer
Author: Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2016-01-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 150497106X

Without patience truth and steadfast logic of exalted school of religion wouldnt have been understood. Divine learning of Islam, which blessed humanity, would have lost its color with the passage of time. Ultimate hope of victory of truth over falsehood, which provides life-giving fresh blood for the powerful hands and steadfast steps of believers, would have been silenced forever. Without patience existence of Monotheism, prophet-hood, and prophetic mission would havent been possible and produced any fruits. Rights of deprived people couldnt have been obtained from the tyrants. Also, prayers, fasting, and other deeds would have lost their meanings. During his limited span of life in this world, a human being between his birth and death is a traveler on the road towards final destination. He has been fundamentally created to endeavor as much as possible to bring himself close to final destination. The primary aim of divine religions and great prophets was to build an Islamic society providing a suitable field in which human beings could travel, ultimately reaching their desired goal. *** The present book contains a detailed commentary about the philosophy of daily ritual prayer in Islam. The writer describes Prayer of Islam like a siren for awakening us; a warning at different hours of day and night which provides a program for human beings, requiring their commitment for its execution. Thus, it bestows meanings to spent days and nights and makes them accountable for passing moments. Prayer of Islam by inspiration and repetition of Gods remembrance connects limited vulnerable human beings to infinite and absolute source of power and thus, makes him rely upon that supreme source. Therefore, a believer or a society of believers through establishing prayer burns the roots of deviations, sins, corruptions within themselves and their social environments; as well as at the same time neutralizes completely all kind of sinful thoughts and internal and external motives of wickedness be individual or collective, whatsoever. Certainly prayer protects individual as well as a society from all sorts of undesirable and shameful acts.

The Heart of Addiction

The Heart of Addiction
Author: Mark E. Shaw
Publisher: Focus Publishing (MN)
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781885904683

Substance abusers, addicts with a physical dependency, and those who cannot stop some type of pleasurable activity can gain insights and practical help from the hopeful message from the Bible regarding addictive thoughts and behavior.

Prayer and Listening

Prayer and Listening
Author: Jan Johnson
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830864423

How do you practice real conversation with God? How can you make your experience of God 's presence part of everyday life? In this six-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Jan Johnson covers the disciplines of prayer and of practicing God's presence. Going deeper in these areas will help you to draw closer to God in everything you do.

Prayer, Patience, Positivity and Peace

Prayer, Patience, Positivity and Peace
Author: H. R. Approved
Publisher:
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2019-04-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781092846189

This creative journal is perfect to hold your prayers, devotionals and thoughts. Perfect for everyday use. It is 6x9, 120 blank lined pages with a matte cover.

Praying Backwards

Praying Backwards
Author: Bryan Chapell
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2005-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1585582638

Christians often say, "In Jesus' name" to close their prayers. But is this truly a desire of the heart or a perfunctory "Yours Truly" to God? Bryan Chapell says we should begin our prayers in Jesus' name-we should be Praying Backwards. In this practical and inspiring book, he shows readers that to truly pray in Jesus' name is to reorder one's priorities in prayer-and in life-away from oneself and towards Jesus and his kingdom. It is to pray believing in the power and the goodness of the One who hears, and thus to pray boldly, expectantly, and persistently. Readers seeking to transform their prayer lives will find wonderful direction in Praying Backwards.

Understanding Temptation

Understanding Temptation
Author: Mark E. Shaw
Publisher: Focus Publishing (MN)
Total Pages:
Release: 2014-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781936141234

We can find victory over sin and temptation when we know our own specific sinful tendencies, the power of the enemy, and what he uses to tempt us. Knowing our enemy's plan of attack can prepare our hearts to map out a strategy for overcoming temptation. Jesus was tempted in the same three basic ways in which we are tempted: We can do what we want (Lust of the Flesh) We can have what we want (Lust of the Eyes) We can be what we want (Pride of Life) Here you will find the biblical antidotes for each of these powerful temptations, and learn to be victorious over the temptations of the heart.

The Power of a Praying® Wife

The Power of a Praying® Wife
Author: Stormie Omartian
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0736933662

Omartian shares how wives can develop a deeper relationship with their husbands by praying for them. Packed with practical advice on praying for specific areas, including decision-making, fears, spiritual strength, and sexuality, this book helps women discover the fulfilling marriage God intended.

Gray Matter

Gray Matter
Author: David Levy
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2011-02-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1414351704

A perfect blend of medical drama and spiritual insight, Gray Matter is a fascinating account of Dr. David Levy’s decision to begin asking his patients if he could pray for them before surgery. Some are thrilled. Some are skeptical. Some are hostile, and some are quite literally transformed by the request. Each chapter focuses on a specific case, opening with a detailed description of the patient’s diagnosis and the procedure that will need to be performed, followed by the prayer “request.” From there, readers get to look over Dr. Levy’s shoulder as he performs the operation, and then we wait—right alongside Dr. Levy, the patients, and their families—to see the final results. Dr. Levy’s musings on what successful and unsuccessful surgical results imply about God, faith, and the power of prayer are honest and insightful. As we watch him come to his ultimate conclusion that no matter what the results of the procedure are, “God is good,” we cannot help but be truly moved and inspired.

When God Says "Wait"

When God Says
Author: Elizabeth Laing Thompson
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2017-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1683223047

A job, a true love, a baby, a cure. . . We’re all waiting for something from God. And the place between His answers can feel like a wasteland where dreams—and faith—go to die. When we’re waiting, we wonder, “Why?”, “Why me?”, and “How long?” But the truth? . . . When God says, “Wait,” He doesn’t tell us for how long. When God says, “Wait,” we face one of life’s greatest tests. When God says, “Wait,” we have decisions to make. When God says, “Wait,” we can control only two things: how we wait, and who we become along the way. Author Elizabeth Laing Thompson invites you to walk alongside people of the Bible who had to wait on God. . .imperfect heroes like David, Miriam, Naomi, Sarah, Joseph, and others. Their stories will provide a roadmap for your own story, helping you navigate the painful, lonely territory of waiting, coming out on the other side with your faith, relationships, and sense of humor intact. They might even help you learn to enjoy the ride. This book is about the journey of waiting, the space between answers, and the people we become while we live there.